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Séraphine (2008)

Directed by Martin Provost

Overview

The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of Great Depression and World War II.

Length 125 minutes

Actors

Yolande Moreau | Ulrich Tukur | Anne Bennent | Geneviève Mnich | Nico Rogner | Adélaïde Leroux | Françoise Lebrun | Hélène Hardouin | Serge Larivière | Léna Bréban | Sandrine Bodenes | Muriel Riou | Dominique Pozzetto | Josette Ménard | Xavier Pottier | Jean-Pascal Abribat | Anne Benoît | Corentin Lobet | Serge Gaborieau | Rosine Favey | Christine Garrivet